Portishead Point Lighthouse, more commonly known as Battery Point Lighthouse, was built in Portishead, Somerset, England, in 1931.
The 9-metre-high (30 ft) lighthouse was built as an unwatched automatic light by the Chance Brothers of Smethwick at Battery Point in 1931.[3] It consists of a black metal pyramid on a concrete base.[4]
Initially, it had been intended to provide Portishead Point with a diaphone fog signal. However, in response to local unrest at the prospect, the decision was taken to commission a fog bell instead.[1] Gillett & Johnston of Croydon cast the two-tonne bell was cast by in 1938[5] and installed it the following year.[1] Due to structural concerns, the bell was removed in 1998; later, following public campaigning for restoration, the bell was acquired by Portishead Town Council and returned to the town in 2012.[6] It is installed on Wyndham Way, close to the High Street.[7]
The lighthouse is maintained by the Bristol Port Company.[8] The light was refurbished in 2012.[9]
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